Neil Gibson is an Australian former

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Gibson's mother Lottie was the sister of tennis player Jack Crawford. He is the brother of

Joan Gibson Joan Gibson Cottrill is an Australian former tennis player of the 1960s. Gibson, a double-handed player, comes from a tennis family, as a niece of Jack Crawford and sister of Neil Gibson. In 1966 she reached the quarter-finals of the Australi ...

and cousin of

Allan Kendall Allan Crawford Kendall (29 September 1928 — 17 December 2013) was an Australian broadcaster and tennis player. Kendall, born in the New South Wales town of Orange, was a nephew of tennis player Jack Crawford. His father, Victor, ended up runni ...

, who were both tour players. As a junior in 1954 he registered wins over

Neale Fraser Neale Andrew Fraser (born 3 October 1933) is a former number one amateur male tennis-player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. Fraser is the last man to have completed the triple crown, i.e. having won t ...

Roy Emerson Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. He is the only male player to have completed a caree ...

and Geoff Brown. He was the youngest ever player to win the South Coast championships. In 1957 he came from two sets down to upset the top seeded

Lew Hoad Lewis Alan Hoad (23 November 1934 – 3 July 1994) was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur (the Australian Championships, French Championships and two Wimbledons ...

in the third round of the 1957 French Championships. He caused another upset at the

1959 Australian Championships The 1959 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia from 16 January to 26 January. It was the 47th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the ...

by beating the eighth seed

Butch Buchholz Earl Henry "Butch" Buchholz, Jr. (born September 16, 1940) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who was one of the game's top players in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Tennis career Juniors Buchholz was an outstanding ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Neil Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian male tennis players Place of birth missing (living people)